Colorful and quirky glass bangle fragments drilled and reworked into beads. These originally came from Iran, circa 6th CE - 7th CE which would make them late Sassanian Empire or early Islamic Era. L: 50cm/19.8in. See last enlargement for scale. Please note the tiny beads at the end are a combination of ancient Indo Pacific and Pyu glass beads. Free shipping via Hong Kong Registered Airmail.

60 glass shards excavated in Afghanistan that have been knapped and drilled into pendants/beads. Many have an intense opalescent (dichroic?) patina. They are quite thin and date to around the 500 CE, possibly late Roman. There are 60 pieces in total and may be used in contemporary jewelry settings. Scale in enlargement is metric.